Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) assured the World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder that the Kyiv Patriarchate does not support any actions or calls inciting hatred against Jews.

The National Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC-KP) has made changes to the Statute of the Church with the introduction of a new position – the deputy patriarch. The deputy patriarch will automatically become the locum tenens of the patriarchal throne in the event of the death of the Primate or if the head of the church can not perform his duties.

Since both sides are guilty in the Polish-Ukrainian conflict in 1943 in Volyn, then reconciliation must be mutual. This Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) told journalists in Lutsk on June 24, a IA ZIK correspondent reports.

The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) has repeatedly spoken critically of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, but he does not say anything offensive about Metropolitan Volodymyr (Slobodan), Primate of the UOC-MP.

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill will not come to the ceremony celebrating the 1025th anniversary of the baptism of Rus in Palace Ukrayina in Kyiv, if the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate head, Patriarch Filaret.

Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) has called on the bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) to preserve the self-rule of their church and defend it from the encroachments of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow.

The Secretary of the Department of External Church Relations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) commented on the response of the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church to Patriarch Filaret regarding the Sacrament of Baptism.

Patriarch Filaret said in an interview to Glavkom that the clergymen of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate have changed their attitude toward the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate for the better.

On August 10, on the occasion of the consecration of the Well of the Holy Mother of God dedicated to Her wonder-working icon “All-Queen,” Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) came to Ternopil Oblast.

The Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan patriarchate (UOC-KP) issued an address to the Catholics, Anglicans and to the Primates and the wholeness of the local Orthodox Churches with the request to help stop in Ukraine the practice of “repeated baptism” by the Moscow Patriarchate of persons who already received the sacrament of Baptism in the Kyivan Patriarchate

Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) believes that the only difference between the UOC-Moscow Patriarchate and Kyivan Patriarchate is that the Kyiv Patriarchate has not yet been recognized by other national Orthodox Churches. However, this phenomenon is temporary, because sooner or later the Ukrainian Churches will unite.

During his visit to the Bukovyna region, Patriarch Filaret commented to our RISU correspondent Yurii Chornei that anouncements on the walls of churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) equate people baptized in the Kyivan Patriarchate with people who have committed suicide and thus who are not to be prayed for.